Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
The real nightmare before Christmas - way too scary for the kiddies and not nearly warm enough for audiences of all ages." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
An intensely moving underdog story that hits all its melodramatic marks and shoots over those, too." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
A profoundly disturbing movie, all the more so because it's so damned hilarious. I think it's a great film; one that is finally worthy of all the hoopla that usually attends the Cohen's movies." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
A great addition to the Things That Go Bump In the Night movie canon." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Amelia (2009) | "
Reduces the story of this feminine icon into a typical Hollywood romantic triangle, albeit one with some beautifully staged aerial set pieces." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
One of those tried and true coming of age stories enlivened by the performance of newcomer Carey Mulligan and a great supporting cast." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
When it's over you just want to sit there and sigh for awhile then go home and have a cup of tomato soup and a grilled cheese and be tucked into bed and cry yourself to sleep. As long as mom is nearby." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 65%
| Coco Before Chanel (2009) | "
As essayed by Audrey Tautou through Anne Fontaine's lens, this Chanel is dry as toast and the antithesis of her sensual sartorial creations." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Whip It (2009) | "
Drew Barrymore's directorial debut is slight yet charming." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 85%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
I wanted to love it because it's so damn literary and exquisitely put together but ultimately it felt like a very long two hours." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Michael Moore has made what may be his magnum opus." — Windy City Times Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 6%
| Whiteout (2009) | "
Kate Beckinsale, adrift in a blizzard of cliches, doesn't have enough star presence or her Stevie Nicks black leather vampire drag to keep audiences from drifting away. Bland and predictable." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 58%
| 9 (2009) | "
The movie has breathtaking visual sequences but is a little too familiar and thin in plot and character department to elevate it much beyond its animated forebears." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) | "
Wonderfully inspired - will probably be anathema only to vegetarians." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | What's the Matter With Kansas? (2009) | "
The filmmakers do a good job of humanizing their conservative subjects but eventually the rigid mindset of these folks cancels out any common bond liberals might feel." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| The September Issue (2009) | "
Grace Coddington, Vogue's Creative Director, is the secret weapon the movie needs. One sits through all the Anna Wintour stuff just to get back to her." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| My One and Only (2009) | "
This vintage set road comedy has enough amiable charms to make it across the finish line for those who like their movies to stay out of the fast lane." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Extract (2009) | "
Writer-director Mike Judge is never purposely mean spirited. He just loves pointing out stupidity when he encounters it and he does so hilariously here." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 49%
| Taking Woodstock (2009) | "
In a field crowded with sharp, aggressive, edgy comedies it's much more gentle, rounded and endearing. Yet it's not altogether warm and fuzzy - there's plenty of bite here and wry insight, too." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Passing Strange (2010) | "
A rousing, emotional roller coaster that's a must see not just for fans of rock musicals but those with an eye (and an ear) for something unusual - compellingly so." — Windy City Times Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
A funny, violently gross, and wildly enthralling addition to the science fiction canon." — Windy City Times Posted Aug 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Bandslam (2009) | "
Though it wears out its welcome as it teeters rather than rocks toward the finish line, there is something inherently enticing in the old "let's put on a show" formula it utilizes." — Windy City Times Posted Aug 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
This delectable, adorable movie - yes that's the proper word for it - definitely leaves one hungering for another helping." — Windy City Times Posted Aug 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
This lackluster, stereotypical movie attempts to update its shopworn formula with a stream of four letter words and sexually crude phrases in Judd Apatow fashion but ends up turning off everyone in the process." — Windy City Times Posted Aug 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Adam (2009) | "
There's really nothing extraordinary to praise about this affecting but not particularly memorable little movie other than to point out that audiences hungering for cinematic fare outside the usual summer popcorn blockbusters will find much to like in it." — Windy City Times Posted Aug 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Dead Snow (2009) | "
Terrifically fun - gleeful gore." — Windy City Times Posted Jul 21, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
Not just the best film of the season, it's one of the best of the year." — Windy City Times Posted Jul 21, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
Like last year's big summer masterpiece, The Dark Knight, this is one action spectacular that adds an undercurrent of unease to the witches brew as it's delivering one thrilling sequence after another." — Windy City Times Posted Jul 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
An enormous schwanstucker of a comedy - hilarious, raw, shocking. Sign me up girlfriend. Two snaps up. Way up!" — Windy City Times Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
Depp makes for a smashing anti-hero who audiences won't mind seeing die onscreen. Mann's approach is old fashioned but emotionally satisfying." — Windy City Times Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
The movie, duly enjoyable, joins a long list of Bullock's previous audience pleasing romance-centric films. For fans of Bullock and Ryan Reynolds' spectacular abs only." — Windy City Times Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| Easy Virtue (2009) | "
Biel's rather lumpen line readings aside it has enough stylish zest and laughs to make it an easy recommendation." — Windy City Times Posted Jun 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Departures (2009) | "
A wistful masterpiece." — Windy City Times Posted Jun 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Outrage (2009) | "
An inflammatory documentary that artfully skewers its subjects. Sick 'em Kirby!" — Windy City Times Posted Jun 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
More machine than movie. Sleek, human-like but ultimately cold steel and unfeeling." — Windy City Times Posted Jun 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
A big budget, limp comedic exercise in male adolescence." — Windy City Times Posted Jun 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
The Polaroids of the bachelor party shown during the end titles deliver the genuine laughs the movie has promised; they're better than the entire movie that preceded it." — Windy City Times Posted Jun 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
Too many notes." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 59%
| Paris 36 (2008) | "
A stereotypical 'little' French film that nevertheless comes wrapped in an awfully sweet package." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
The latest in a long line of mean spirited, snark filled, low down comedies that while it lasts gives stereotyping a good name." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| State of Play (2009) | "
A political thriller that eventually loses its enjoyable thriller aspects as it meanders off into propaganda for the once mighty newspaper biz." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Grey Gardens (2008) | "
An assured, beautiful movie, a perfect crystallization of the endlessly fascinating story of the unconventional Beales." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 14%
| The Informers (2009) | "
A chilling, brutal film that is a lot more than the sum of its one dimensional parts would suggest." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Sita Sings the Blues (2008) | "
Startling in its delightful originality, it heralds the arrival of a major new talent in filmmaker Nina Paley." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 27%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
A slick, standard Hollywood studio produced romantic comedy that utilizes a clever conceit and some expert supporting comedic performances to help it squeak by." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
Such a blandly predictable sci-fi blockbuster that one can focus on different parts of Hugh Jackman's extraordinary physique without fear of losing out on a single plot point." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 24%
| Little Ashes (2009) | "
A pleasurable, old fashioned gay romance with a good measure of art and politics tossed in between the passion." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Every Little Step (2009) | "
For those that have tried repeatedly to watch the wretched 1985 film version of A Chorus Line hoping that maybe this time it somehow magically wouldn't stink, this is the movie...for us." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Oh Sister, I have such doubt. Doubt about an audience getting conned into taking seriously such a rickety piece of movie junk like this." — Windy City Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 77%
| Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) | "
Matt Tyrnauer: Valentino's Day" — Windy City Times
INTERVIEW Posted Mar 28, 2009 |
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